Local woman surprises, escapes from armed burglar

Anderson County Sheriff’s Department detectives are investigating an afternoon robbery involving a homeowner who surprised a gun-wielding burglar.

by Beverly Majors/Staff

Anderson County Sheriff’s Department detectives are investigating an afternoon robbery involving a homeowner who surprised a gun-wielding burglar.

Sheriff’s Department reports said the 37-year-old victim escaped from her home on New Henderson Road in Claxton without injury after the robber tied her up and left her alone.

Deputy Robert Sexton reported the victim called the Sheriff’s Department from a neighbor’s house after she got loose and fled her house. She told deputies she was upstairs about 2 p.m. Tuesday when she heard a noise downstairs and thought it was her husband coming home. She called out her husband’s name, kept hearing noises and then went to the stairway.

While calling her husband’s name from the stairway, a white man wearing a hoodie confronted her with a handgun, reports said.

The robber reportedly forced the victim into a downstairs bedroom, tied her up and told her he wanted her jewelry and money. While the robber was reportedly searching the house, the victim got loose and ran from the home.

Reports said the deputies found the house had “been thoroughly ransacked in almost every room.”